mcb@presto.ig.com (The owls are not what they seem) (10/11/90)
This afternoon I attempted to fetch a current copy of the LIST-OF-LISTS (NETINFO:INTEREST-GROUPS.TXT) from nic.ddn.mil, instead of the list I found a file containing the following in its place: "The interest group list is under review by DCA, and has temporarily been removed from the system. It will be restored after the review is completed. If you have questions, please send a message to NIC@NIC.DDN.MIL." Before bothering Rich Zellich (the keeper of the list) or the kind folks at the DDN NIC, I wonder if anyone could advise me of the status of the list, where (if not at nic.ddn.mil) it might be found, or when it might return. (Note, this is not the List of Publically Accessible Mailing Lists that is posted by Gene Spafford as one of the Usenet periodic postings, but is an Internet/BITNET list; there is significant overlap but there lists are not identical.) Thanks, -- Michael C. Berch mcb@presto.ig.com / uunet!presto.ig.com!mcb / ames!bionet!mcb
mcb@presto.ig.com (The owls are not what they seem) (10/13/90)
Thanks to all those who answered my query about the LIST-OF-LISTS, and pointed out that the list is now available for anonymous FTP from ftp.nisc.sri.com in the file netinfo/interest-groups, and thanks to those who suggested the LISTSERV list of lists from BITNET. Apparently I missed the original announcement of the move that was posted the TCP-IP list. I was at the Interop show yesterday and mentioned the old message on nic.ddn.mil to one of the NIC staff, who changed it to reflect the new location of the file. -- Michael C. Berch mcb@presto.ig.com / uunet!presto.ig.com!mcb / ames!bionet!mcb